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The Day He Said Goodbye	By : Shaylilin Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1163 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N:� So, I�ve been
having real-life stuff taking up my time.�
I apologize for this update being almost a week from the last one.� This story is really winding down for me.� I hope that it doesn�t disappoint.� There�s still another Sasuke & Gaara
chapter before an epilogue.� On the plus
side, my husband will be gone for 10 days in Texas, so provided I don�t blow up
from being alone with my kids for that many days, I should get a lot more
writing done.
Review Responses:
Nejislady: Thank you for reassuring me that Gaara and Sasuke
are being adorable, that�s what I�ve been going for.

Chapter 22 � Trouble
in Paradise

Sasuke smiled as he followed Gaara to the kitchen.� �You went out and got ice cream for us?�

Gaara nodded.� �I liked it so much when I
was at your place.� I just couldn�t help
myself.�� He smirked at Sasuke.� �And it makes my father furious, and since
you said to tell him off, I thought I could at least have something he dislikes
in the house.�

Sasuke shook his head.�
�I haven�t seen your father except for the few moments I was in his
office.� Does he avoid you like this all
the time?�

Gaara nodded again.�
�I don�t mind it so much.� I would
rather have him ignore me than for me to have to be the monster he wanted me to
be.�

Sasuke frowned.� He
was so angry with the Kazekage for treating Gaara like a monster.� If he had shown the boy one ounce of
compassion as a child, he would have turned out like this earlier, and probably
been a much better person for it.�
Instead, Gaara had to know the true horrors of the world.� Horrors that even he wasn�t forced to face on
a normal day.� Sasuke grabbed the back of
Gaara�s shirt carefully.� �Gaara, look at
me.�

Gaara turned around to face Sasuke, �Yes?�

Sasuke moved forward, and Gaara let him.� Sasuke took a deep breath as he closed the
gap between them and pressed their bodies together.� Sasuke could feel the sand pull away where
his skin touched Gaara�s.� He leaned down
to capture Gaara�s lips softly.� Sasuke�s
hands reached into Gaara�s hair and entwined with the strands.� Gaara opened his mouth and gently guided
Sasuke�s tongue to join his.� Gaara
moaned softly at the gentle prodding and caressing Sasuke�s tongue was doing to
his.� Sasuke pulled away slowly, letting
his hands come to rest on Gaara�s shoulders.�
Looking directly into Gaara�s eyes, Sasuke smiled a real smile.� �I love you.�

Gaara felt tears run down his cheeks.� He was confused.� �I�m not sad you said that Sasuke.� Why am I crying?�

Sasuke smiled and wiped the tears away.� �Sometimes you cry when you�re happy,
too.� I don�t know why that is.� I wish I could explain it for you.�

Gaara buried his face in Sasuke�s chest, doing his best to
calm himself.� He looked up at Sasuke
when he felt Sasuke�s hands calmly stroking down his head.� �I-I don�t know what love is, for certain,
but I think it�s what I feel towards you, Sasuke.�

Sasuke closed his eyes and smiled.� He wrapped his arms around Gaara�s shoulders
and just relaxed for the first time in a long time.� He wasn�t sure how long they stood there, but
he felt Gaara pulling away from him as they heard a voice clearing.� Gaara dropped his head and looked at the
floor when he saw his father watching them.�
�Weren�t you supposed to head back to Konoha?�

�I was planning on leaving tomorrow morning, sir.� I wanted to take this time to visit my
friends,� Sasuke said without emotion.

Gaara�s father smirked.�
�Seems like you�re more than friends.�

Gaara growled.� I want to rip him apart for you.� Gaara answered the request in his mind with a
quick shake of the head.� �What does it
matter to you if we are?�

Gaara�s father snarled at his son.� �You are not worthy of being loved by
anyone.� And anyone who could love you
obviously has psychological problems.�

Sasuke wouldn�t let this go on.� He grabbed Gaara�s hand and yanked him toward
the bedroom they had just vacated.� As he
shut the door behind him, he pulled Gaara close again.� He could feel the boy shaking with rage.� Sasuke sighed and held him tighter.� �He�s not worth it, Gaara.� Whatever you�re thinking.� Someday you�ll be the Kazekage, and people
will all love and respect you.� For now,
just let him do what he wants.� I�ll
always be here for you.�

Gaara shook his head.�
�You won�t always be here for me.�
You live in Konoha.�

Sasuke bit his lip.�
�You could move in with me in Konoha.�

Gaara frowned.� �I
want to, but my father would never give me permission to move.� He�d never give me permission to be happy.�

Sasuke forced his tears to stay back.� �I�m sorry, Gaara.�

Sasuke and Gaara both jumped when someone knocked on his
door.� They had been too invested in each
other to notice Kankuro approaching.�
�Come in,� Gaara said quietly.� He
didn�t bother to let go of Sasuke.� He
knew Kankuro knew about them anyway.

Kankuro smiled sadly when he saw Sasuke holding Gaara so
close.� �Sasuke, you should leave
now.� My father is promising to harm
Gaara if you don�t leave now.� Don�t
worry; Temari and I will keep them apart.�
We won�t let anything happen to Gaara.�

Gaara smirked.� �So you do like me?�� Kankuro rolled his eyes and motioned Sasuke
to hurry.� Gaara sighed and kissed Sasuke
one last time.� �Call me when you get
back.� I want to know you made it
safely.�

Sasuke nodded and squeezed Gaara�s hand before he grabbed his pack and followed
Kankuro.� Temari was standing outside
Gaara�s door.� Kankuro nodded to her.� �Temari will make sure you get on your way
safely, and I�ll stand here and make sure Gaara is left alone.�� Sasuke nodded again, but couldn�t say
anything around the lump in his throat.�
He waved to Kankuro as he and Temari started out toward the gates.

Sasuke frowned when he turned toward Temari at the
gates.� �If he gets really bad, you know
what I mean, call me right away, please.�

Temari nodded.� �I�m
sorry for my father, Sasuke.�

Sasuke nodded and shrugged.�
�It isn�t as if I�m not used to it.��
He turned and ran toward Konoha, not stopping for more than 20 minute
naps the entire way.� He just needed to
get home to Naruto and have someone tell him it was going to be all right.� He gasped at the sight that greeted him.

***********************

Shikamaru laughed when Neji threw a dinner roll at him.� �I�m not that late, and I called to tell you
I would be.�

Neji smiled.� �I know,
but I spent all day making us this little romantic dinner, and then you called
to say you�d be late.� It broke my
heart.�� He chuckled.� �Seriously though, you�re going out on a
fairly dangerous mission tomorrow, and I�d like to have a nice night if
something happens.�

Shikamaru frowned.�
After Sasuke had left an urgent mission had come through the ranks from
the daimyo.� He feared for his life and
wanted a guard to accompany him from Konoha, where he had been staying back to
his castle.� Tsunade had assigned
Shikamaru, Shino, Kiba, and Asuma to go.�
Neji had offered to go, but Tsunade said she wanted to keep him in the
village so he could finish training with his uncle.� She didn�t think the mission would be too
dangerous.

Shikamaru pulled Neji into his lap as he sat down at the
table.� �Thank you for going to the
trouble of making this meal, but I don�t think anything is going to
happen.�� He kissed behind Neji�s ear
tenderly.

Neji smiled.� �I know,
but I�d rather have a nice last memory just in case than one of us sitting on
our asses and watching television.�

Shikamaru chuckled.�
�Since when have we just sat on our asses watching television?�� He let Neji up and smirked as his husband
took his place on the side of the table opposite Shikamaru.� �What�s the reason you�re sitting so far away
from me, Nej.�

Neji smirked.�
�Because if I�m not at least this far away your libido rubs off on me
and we end up fucking before we get to the food.� I want to eat first tonight.�

Shikamaru smiled and nodded.�
�All right, give me food then.�

Neji shook his head before handing the plate he had just
been dishing from to Shikamaru.� After
they finished their meal, Neji pulled Shikamaru to the bathroom.� �I made up a bath for us.�

Shikamaru smirked as he pulled Neji�s shirt off.� �I love when you have surprises waiting for
me.�

They finished undressing each other and Shikamaru settled
back in the bath and made room for Neji between his legs.� He wrapped his arms around Neji�s waist and
rested his chin on Neji�s shoulder for a while.�
He closed his eyes and whispered to Neji, �Want to go to bed?�

Neji nodded and kissed Shikamaru softly.� �I want you to make love to me.�

Shikamaru smiled and pulled Neji up.� �I think I can muster up the desire for
something like that.�� He laughed as he
wrapped a towel around Neji�s waist.

They spent the next hour making love before Shikamaru fell
asleep from exhaustion.� Neji
frowned.� He had gotten a bad feeling
that morning.� It was like he just knew
this would be his last night with Shikamaru.�
He couldn�t shake the feeling and was having difficulty falling
asleep.� He ran his fingers through his
husband�s silky hair, smiling sadly.� He
loved Shikamaru with all his heart.� He
would pray that his premonition of bad things ahead was wrong.

*********************
Shikamaru spun as quickly as he could to get away from the
enemy.� Tsunade had been wrong.� The people trying to kill the daimyo were
very strong and his team was currently outnumbered.� Shino and Kiba were fighting off
approximately a dozen ninja while he and Asuma were dealing with nearly
18.� When the enemy heard the daimyo had
gone to Tsunade, they had more than tripled the number of ninja initially sent
to finish the job.� These were all jounin
level ninja.� Asuma was the only one on
the team truly trained to take them on.

Shikamaru realized the enemy�s plan with only time enough to
either deflect the blow himself or let his teammates be destroyed.� He moved without thinking, rounding up the
three of his teammates and taking two combined blasts from his enemies�
attacks.� He crumpled to the ground at
Asuma�s feet.�

Seeing someone he thought of as family fall at his feet made
Asuma angry.� He honed his chakra even
further and began to fight even more fiercely.�
The same was true for Shino and Kiba.�
Shikamaru had put his life on the line for them.� The least they could do was make sure the
battle was won.

Fifteen minutes later, the three remaining Konoha ninjas
ended the battle, looking worse for the wear.�
Asuma made the decision he knew Shikamaru would have wanted him to
make.� He picked up Shikamaru and carried
him as they headed for the daimyo�s castle.�
It wasn�t much further.� They
would be there in a matter of a few hours.�
They would all ready have been there if the daimyo hadn�t required so
many fucking stops.� For a man fearing
for his life, he didn�t seem like he was in much of a rush to get home.

After seeing the daimyo through his gate, the team rushed back
to Konoha.� They made it back by
midday.� Neji was waiting at the gates
for Shikamaru.� He�d gotten nervous when
the team hadn�t made it back on time, and he�d had that nagging feeling.� When he saw Shikamaru�s torn, bleeding body
he broke down.� Neji screamed at the sky
and no one in particular.� Asuma sent
Shino for Tsunade.� He laid Shikamaru�s
body down in the grass before turning to Neji.�
�He�s still breathing, but it doesn�t look good.� We finished the mission instead of coming
straight home.� You know he would have
wanted it that way.�

Neji had tears streaming down his cheeks and he was
hysterical, but he knew Asuma was right.�
Shikamaru would have wanted the mission finished whether or not it cost
him his life.� Tsunade showed up almost
immediately and checked Shikamaru�s stats.�
�He needs to get to the hospital immediately.�� She turned to Kiba.� �Get Naruto and tell him that Neji is going
to be in need of a friend.� Explain the
situation to him.�

Heads turned as Sasuke�s cry of anguish broke through the
air.� Asuma headed to the hospital with
Shikamaru without looking back the obviously upset man.� Sasuke turned to toward Tsunade.� �What happened?�

Tsunade shook her head.� �They were
ambushed while completing an escort mission.�

Neji cried harder.� Sasuke swallowed his
own misery at the sight of Shikamaru�s near lifeless body, and moved to
Neji.� He wrapped his arms around Neji�s
shoulders and let the man cry out all his worry.� When Sasuke looked up again, Naruto was
standing behind them.� Sasuke whispered
to Nej, �You need to be strong for him.�
He�s not gone yet, and you know he wouldn�t want you sitting here in
tears.� He would want you to continue on
with your life.�

Neji nodded.� Naruto
smiled sadly at Sasuke before helping Neji stand up.� �Would you like to go wait at the hospital or
at our apartment?�

Neji shrugged and followed along, completely drained of all
emotional capability.� Naruto took him to
the hospital.� While it wouldn�t make the
wait any easier, he thought Neji would want to be as close as possible when
there was any news on Shikamaru�s condition.�
Once they had Neji settled in a waiting room, Naruto pulled Sasuke to
the side.� �Are you all right?�

Sasuke shook his head.� �I love
Gaara.� His father wanted to kill me for
loving him.� I loved Shikamaru, but blew
that through stupidity.� Now I feel
guilty for loving Gaara while Shikamaru is probably going to die.� I know it�s supposed to be Neji�s pain, but
it feels like I still love Shikamaru, even if I do realize that he�s just a
friend now.� I don�t know how else to
explain that.�

Naruto nodded.� �I
understand.� There�s nothing we can do
other than pray that Shikamaru recovers.��
Sasuke sniffled but nodded.� Naruto
smirked.� �You love Gaara?�

Sasuke nodded.� �I
told him so while I was visiting him.�
However, his father made it known to me that I wasn�t welcome in Suna
and especially not welcome to have a romantic interest in his son.�

Naruto growled.� �I hope that bastard
gets destroyed.� Anyone would make a
better Kazekage.�

Sasuke nodded again.�
He looked toward Neji.� �Do you
think he�s going to be all right?�

Naruto shrugged.� �I think
it�ll depend on what happens with Shikamaru.�
In the end I�m sure he�ll be fine, but if Shika doesn�t make it he�ll
probably have a really rough patch.� If
Shika doesn�t make it, we�re going to have to be there for a lot of
people.� His parents, Neji, and Asuma are
going to take it hardest.�

Sasuke frowned and stared at his hands.� �Can I ask you about Gaara?�

Naruto looked at Neji who still seemed almost
catatonic.� �Yeah, sure,� he answered as
he turned back to Sasuke.� He hated
seeing Neji like this.� It reminded him
too much of before they became friends.

Sasuke sighed.� �If
his father is so against us, will Gaara be willing to take the chance on us?�

Naruto laughed softly.�
�He may do it simply because his father is against it.� Sasuke, he opened up to you. �He stayed home with you when he was looking
forward to seeing the fireworks with us.�
He likes you, Sasuke.� He will
make it work to be with you, whatever has to happen.�

Sasuke and Naruto looked up as Neji started crying
again.� The sat on either side of him and
hugged him tightly.� Neji was relying on their
strength right now.� The look on Tsunade�s
face when she emerged from the operating room gave no indication to anything
other than that she was worn-out from the surgery.

Neji looked up at her face and she frowned and shook her
head.� Neji broke down.� �Oh, God.�
I can�t believe he�s gone.�

Tsunade shook her head again.� �You miss
understand, Neji.� He will make it, but
he�ll never be able to do anything relating to an actual assignment again.� He�s taken too much damage directly to his
chakra system.�

Neji took a deep breath and nodded.� �May I see him?�

Tsunade nodded and pulled Neji through a few doors until they arrived at
Shikamaru�s room.� �He�s still in
critical condition, so he�ll need his rest more than anything.� You have about 10 minutes before I have to
kick you out.�

Neji nodded.� �Thank you, Tsunade-sama.�� He entered Shikamaru�s room and saw his
husband covered from head to toe in bandages.�
He sat down in the chair beside the bed.�
�What did you do, Shika?�� Neji
carded his fingers through Shikamaru�s hair.�
�You can�t be a ninja anymore�I think Tsunade wants to keep your mind in
her service though.�

Tears came to his eyes as he smiled in relief as Shikamaru�s
eyes fluttered open.� He couldn�t speak,
but he did squeeze Neji�s hand.� The only
thought going through Shikamaru�s head was that he didn�t care if he couldn�t
be a ninja so long as he could still be with Neji.� He hadn�t been ready to die, and he was
certain that had helped him make it back to Neji.� He closed his eyes again and focused on
feeling Neji�s hand until Neji had to leave and his lips came in contact with
Shikamaru�s eyelids.� �I�ll see you
tomorrow, Love,� Neji whispered before making his way out the door.
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